/**
 * Copyright (c) 2014 All Rights Reserved by the SDL Group.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.sdl.odata.edm.model;

/**
 * Type name resolver, which can find the name of an OData type for a Java type.
 */
public interface TypeNameResolver {

    /**
     * Returns the name of the OData type that corresponds to the specified Java type.
     *
     * @param javaType The Java type.
     * @return The name of the OData type that corresponds to the specified Java type or {@code null} if no
     *      corresponding OData type can be determined.
     */
    String resolveTypeName(Class<?> javaType);
}
